Day 16

slowly waking up at 10am is really nice. i will really miss it once school and work begins again. wanted to hit the gym again like the past few days cuz it feels good to start the day at the gym and work gym time into the day later on. did only 30 minutes in the pool because it was a bit busy. went on the bike, but for some reason, i was feeling it so went home after a few minutes. got ready to go home to bellevue cuz i was summoned home for some pho. it was good, but not sure why but it gave me a bout of the 'runs'. went home and waited to go for a run with frontrunners and paul. the run was pretty good, went a bit faster than i usually do, but still made it. tried on my new shoes that was bought yesterday. fit was okay, but got a blister, which i normally do not get from running. not sure if it's the shoe or maybe some pebble in the shoe since it was in an odd spot. walked back with paul and he invited me in for some water. he was feeling a bit awkward, saying he has never seen anybody again that he got naked with. i was feeling a bit horny. i thought maybe something would happen. he asked about dinner, so we decided to go to dinner after going home to take a shower. had japanese and it was fine talking to him. kinda curious about his experience, but not really sure how to ask. he was carrying the conversation at time, bringing up topics to talk about. not good on my part. a bit of my wanted to head back to his place after dinner, but he was feeling tired. kinda want to see him again, but more as a friend with benefit sort of deal. not sure what sort of deal he wants with me if any.

Day 15

had a good sleep, slept in 'til about 10am. earplugs really help me sleep, wonder if that's what wakes me up. decided to go to the gym. had a pretty good, long workout. came home and wasn't sure what to do. decided to go home to bellevue since i haven't been home in awhile. chi ngoc was there making hieu tieu. it was quite good. i also ate a lot from snacking on candies on the dining table. had it around 5pm and had dinner plans too. however, ryon said he couldn't make it until 9pm. wasn't sure if he was actually going to make it, but didn't really care if he couldn't. got home and didn't want to stay home waiting for ryon to possible come over. so, went to downtown, see what i could find. found a running shoe that's actually my size at nordstroms. also got a sweater at american eagle. took the bus to downtown and back again. on the way back saw lawrence. talked to him a bit. he asked for my number and gave it to him. he texted me, but i prolly won't reply. i guess i really don't find him interesting. ryon actually came, at 830 too. the movie i wanted to see starts at 935, so we had time to just hang out. went to dillante for a slice of cake and tea. for a guy who drinks energy drinks, he likes tea. we saw 'the single man' at the harvard exit. it was a pretty good movie, though we didn't like the ending. also, thought everyone and their clothes were quite pretty. i guess that's what you get when the director was a fashion designer.

Day 14

first day of the full week of no work or school. still wanted to sit in front of the computer to take care of a few stuff before going back to work and school. the router frequently would drop and i would have to reset it by unplugging and plugging it back in. called dlink tech support and they had me reset the the router. not sure exactly what he had me do, but so far, it's okay. wanted to reformat my harddrive and upgrade to windows7, but the upgrade kit from dell isn't coming until january. i'll decide later if i want to use the copy from being a uw student.

went to the gym, but didn't do much, probably didn't feel like it from the long run yesterday.

felt kinda bored after the gym with nothing to do. called a couple people. tuan called back and invited me to the casino where he's singing tonight. not why i'm going, but nothing else to do for me. i had not seen him for maybe a month. i was a little upset he cancelled last minute for the reddress thing when it was his idea to go. but anyways, it was fine when go to see him. he went back stage to get ready for the show and i just waited around the casino. it was interesting checking out all the vietnamese there for the show. surpisingly i really didn't find any of the guys i saw attractive. i dunno. after tuan did his show, he and i went to one of the restaurants for a late dinner. the dinner was okay. we talked. he told me how he's making $6000 this month from the singing shows that he and his other friends are putting up. i'm a bit jealous, but i think that's really not me, and also some people just got it easier with money. not me and that's how it is for me. after one more song he need to do, we heading back home. it was good to hang out with tuan. haven't done so for awhile.

Day 13

slept in. was a lazy day. went grocery shopping in the early afternoon. later in the afternoon decided to go running instead of going to the gym. decided to do a long run, to lake washington, along it and back. it was a good run, it's been quite sometime that i did such a long run. tyler stopped by to pick up his ladder and return to charles. met up with glenn for dinner. went to chez gaudi. food was good. even though it was half price wine bottles, we opted not for one. i was still feeling sick, so didn't want to do it. dinner was fine. food was good. talk with glenn was good. he wanted to see a movie after dinner, so we walked down to pacific place. he mentioned he wanted to see avatar, which i had already seen. he didn't mention another movie so i agreed to it. right before the movie, i said that i had already seen it. he didn't want me to see a movie i had already seen. he asked if there was another movie i wanted to see. i mentioned it's complicated. after going back and forth, we watched it's complicated. he said he was touched i would go see a movie i had already seen. the movie we saw was pretty good. felt kinda long at some points. we walked back.

Day 12

it was going to be a busy day again with gym, going to chi ngoc's house for dinner and meeting up with paul from a4a. went to the gym in the morning and made it a fairly quick workout in the pool since i had a long run yesterday. came home and saw simon cleaned the kitchen a bit since i didn't clean much. got some of the sugar cookies from last night to bring to chi ngoc's house. the party was pretty boring for me. didn't feel like playing with the kids or talking to the adults. anh ni's daught is really pretty. chichi's son jeremy is really cute too. so, i left after eating. waiting to meet up with paul from a4a. first impression is that he's older than i thought. not so good, but he seems alright. we went bar hopping since he didn't know the area even though he lives on capitol hill. he's a newbie as he says it in the gay world. 43 and never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. very curious. we met at starbucks, went to the elite then to the lobby and pony. he invited me back to his place.

Day 11

christmas day, and almost every christmas i can remember is quite boring for me with not much to do. wanting to continue my workout everday during the school break, but with the gym closed, i decided to go for an out door run. it was a chilly day, though sunny. still somewhat early, there were still frost on the grass and some side streets. i was surprised how slippery the roads could get with frost - usually don't run on frosted streets. i did a pretty long run. it was a good run though. came home got pretty much bored immediately and no plans for the evening. called up tyler and see what he was up to. tyler had plans to make dinner at either his new place or eriq's place, but since both do not have funiture in their place, it was decided dinner would be at my place. tyler brought almost everything to make pasta and a salad. eriq brought some supplies for making cookies. tyler's new friend, johnson, who's 19yo and a student at the uw. it was kinda fun to make his age a point of conversation at one time. the night was pretty fun, making the cookies was a team effort. it was a good night. eriq seems like a nice guy.

Day 10

the previous day i had went grocery shopping, getting items to make baklava. i wanted to make baklava since we were having a dinner at home and it was my mom's idea. so, woke up and starting to make baklava. the first time i did it, it turned out great. although, i had used butter, a lot of butter, and was a bit sensitive to it. so this time, i tried getting margargine. that wasn't my first mistake, but it was definately the most critical. i didn't thaw the phyllo dough properly and some of it wasn't in complete sheets, minor error. the margarine made the baklava quite salty. since it was kinda bad, i didn't want to bring the whole thing home. coming home, i decided not to bring in any. had gone to the gym between baking the baklava and going home. was running behind, told my grandmother i'd pick her up at a specific time, so i cut my workout short. my grandmother had asked me the other night to pick up some stuff for her, but running behind, i skipped it. in the car she asked me and i told her i was running behind. she was complaining she wanted the stuff, so i got kinda pissy and stopped by the pharmacy to get it for her. got home and it was okay. didn't feel like playing with the kids like i normally do. i helped setting up the table and just hung around upstairs until dinner started. we was a good meal. my sister-in-law made hot pot, the broth was good and also the meats. i stayed around about an hour or so after dinner and headed back to my place. simon, his bf and his friends were having dinner earlier and were playing a board game when i came back. i joined them for the game which was alright. i'm a bit distant to simon and his friends. not sure, why it is. guess i've never felt it with them. however, it evening playing a board game i've never played was fine. turned in once it was all over.